Previously, Net Llama chose to write: > --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Net Llama wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > I built XFree86-4.2.0 from source this morning. I had been running > > > XFree86-4.1.0 for several months. THe build went swimmingly in > > > > about 45 > > > > > minutes. > > > However, something isn't quite right somewhere, and i can't figure > > > > out > > > > > why at the moment. If I attempt to switch to runlevel 5 from 3 X > > > > fails > > > > > to start, and i got the ominous error on the console: > > > id 'x' respawning too quickly, suspended for 5 minutes > > > > > > However, if i simply do a 'startx' at the console, X fires up > > > > without a > > > > > single problem for any user (root & others). In fact, i'm typing > > > > this > > > > > in Mozilla on the afflicted box right now. > > > > > > So, my best guess is that something wacky is going on with gdm. > > > > BTW, > > > > > this is box is running a very heavily altered version of Redhat. > > > > > > To add a few more data points, I looked in /var/log/XFree86.0.log > > > > and > > > > > there were no errors at all. I looked at /var/log/messages, and > > > > there > > > > > are no clues either. > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any ideas on where I can poke around? > > > > XF86Config-4 or XF86Config > > This isn't a Caldera box, its Redhat, and I installed XFree86-4.1.0 from > source as well. > > > Could it be a font problem? > > Doubtful. Like i said, X fires up and runs just fine with 'startx'. It > just bombs when trying to run gdm as it goes to runlevel 5. > >
Can you try xdm or maybe update gdm? Maybe something's wrong with gdm (as I grasp for another straw...) Is there anything wierd in you gdmrc file (if it exists -- I use kdm and it has a kdmrc file)? -- Caldera eWorkstation 3.1, kernel 2.4.9, KDE 2.2.1, Xfree86 4.1.0 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
